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The sequester will be tough on government employees, and on those whose jobs are directly supported by them. But even if you don't run a Jiffy Lube across the street from a military base, you still need to be prepared. Here's are eight unexpected ways the sequester will likely touch your life.

The IRS, FEMA and a growing number of other federal agencies are turning to the powerful art of analytics to help improve their performance, from spotting tax abuses more quickly to making emergency recovery more efficient.

While the TSA argues that the more aggressive security is necessary to find weapons or bombs under clothes and stop terrorists, travelers say they feel like they're the ones being terrorized. Worse, the procedures fail to achieve the stated aim of creating safer skies.

The growing controversy over pat-downs and body scanners, along with a shaky economy, could combine for more woes for both air passengers and air carriers, ahead of the economically important Thanksgiving holiday.